By Terence Carter* First we had the Lonely Planet author fraud where a writer’s tales of his unethical escapades exposed a publisher’s loopholes and led to an undermining of the travel writing profession. Now we have the Wine Spectator award fraud where the magazine’s own Wine Spectator Award of Excellence was bestowed upon a non-existent … Read more about Wine Spectator award fraud
I was delighted to discover that Budget Travel asked readers on their forum the other day: Do you still send postcards? To which they received a whopping 300+ comments! Way back in February, starting on Valentines Day to be precise, I began writing a series of posts on postcards, inspired by seeing racks of faded … Read more about Postcard stories: share your passion here
The Happy Hotelier (you know, The Hague-based luxury hotel owner who we all love who blogs away about hotels, travel and tonnes of other stuff) has just started a series of weekly interviews with hotel and travel bloggers called ’10 Questions For…’. The interviews give an opportunity for the bloggers to introduce themselves and their … Read more about The Happy Hotelier interviews a travel writer who is perfectly happy to chat away about herself… woops, that’s me!
I forget everyone’s birthdays. Even my own. So it’s not surprising that I forgot (only by a few days) the first birthday of my Cool Travel Guide. It was a year ago that I started this blog, and you can read about my initial motivations on my first post Aleppo: No Practicalities. The blog grew … Read more about Happy 1st Birthday Cool Travel Guide
I found another photo that’s similar to the one I showed you earlier of the ribbons and pieces of cloth tied at an Islamic shrine in Syria. I took this photo in the lovely garden of a gold onion domed Russian Orthodox church in the Bulgarian countryside, where the branches of a tree were tied … Read more about Making connections: traditions and rituals of love and devotion, or, When you wish upon a heart